Swansea student injured in accident at UMD

DARTMOUTH — A 20-year-old student suffered lacerations to his arm and finger Thursday while working on an engineering project at UMass Dartmouth, a university official said.

DARTMOUTH — A 20-year-old student suffered lacerations to his arm and finger Thursday while working on an engineering project at UMass Dartmouth, a university official said.

The student, who is from Swansea, was working on a project in the Violette Research Building when the accident occurred at 12:36 p.m., according to John Hoey, spokesman for the university.

Hoey said a small handmade propeller somehow activated and the student was injured when he tried to grab it. Campus police responded and the student was transported by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, he said.